_Lord A._ It is real! my errors have been the fruits of an unbridled education. Ambition dazzled me, and wealth was my idol. I have acted like a villain, and as my conduct has deserved no forgiveness, so will my degradation be seen without compassion; but this weight of guilt removed, I will seek happiness and virtue in the arms of my much-injured Fanny. _Fanny._ Silent joy is the most heartfelt. I cannot speak my happiness! My father! _Falk._ This is beyond my hopes; but adversity is a salutary monitor. _Sir R._ Still, Charles, to you I am indebted beyond the power of restitution. _Char._ My dear father--no--no dear uncle, I mean, here is the reward I look for. _Helen._ Ah, Charles--my lord, I mean, I beg pardon--to be sure papa, ay, and mamma-in-law too, will now no longer withhold their consent. _Sir W._ Who, me? Not for the world--hey! mercy on us! I forgot your ladyship (_aside_) do you wish me to decline the honor? _Lady W._ (_aside._) Why no, as matters have turned out. _Char._ Then Fortune has indeed smiled on me today! _Falk._ The cloud of sorrow is passed, and may the sun of joy that now illumines my face, diffuse its cheering rays on all around us. _O'Ded._ And sir Willoughby and her ladyship will smile most of us all; for every body knows they're the happiest man and wife among us. _Helen._ And while amongst ourselves we anxious trace The doubtful smile of joy in every face, There _is_ a smile, which doubt and danger ends---- The smile of approbation from our friends. THE END. * * * * * * * * * Errors and Inconsistencies: Man and Wife Spellings were changed only when there was an unambiguous error, or the word occurred elsewhere with the expected spelling. Where names in stage directions were inconsistently italicized, they have been silently regularized. Some minor punctuation inconsistencies have also been silently corrected. _Unchanged:_ barbacued [barbecued] befal [befall] fulful [fulfil] head ach [head ache] vixin [vixen] _Corrections:_ Lady Worret [twice spelt Worrett] Abel Grouse's cottage [Grouses's] The wrongs of Abel Grouse [Growse] and no biscuit aboard [buiscuit] as mine is the biggest, perhaps yours [bigest, perhaps your's] However I do not despair [do no despair] the attorney in our town [at-attorney: mis-hyphenated at end of line] housekeeper [occurs with and without hyphenation] Yes, sir, your presence does astonish me [you presence] when it lost you, its dearest only friend [it's] Hey! ods life, I must sooth her [odslife] Ods life! I'm in a furious passion! [Odslife] I must be in a passion--my--life--harkye, daughter [karkye] harkye, young woman [karkye] Heigho! with such an example before my eyes [Heighho] heigho! she's a false, deceitful--dear, bewitching girl [heighho] In Act III, Scene III is named Scene II in the original